170 scolopacidjE. 



Tringa temminckij Dresser, viii. p. 45. 

 Leimouites temminckii, Gould, iv. pi. 73. 

 Teniminck''s Stintj Yarr. ed. 1^ ii. p. 647. 



TemmincM, in honour of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, keeper of the Leydeu 

 Museum, born 1778, died 1858. 



Of regular but rather rare occurrence in England during 

 migration. Breeds in Northern Europe, winters in South 

 Europe and North-east Africa. Found also throughout Asia. 



Tringa minutilla. Ameeican Stint. 



Tringa minutilla, Fiei/Zo^, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xxxiv. p. 466 (1819). 



Tringa pusilla, Yarr. ed. 3, i. preface, p. vi; Harting, p. 143. 

 Actodromas pusilla, Gould, Introd. p. cxvi. 

 Tringa minutilla, Dresser, viii. p. 51. 



MiniitiUa, diminutive of mmutus = small. 



A rare straggler to the British Islands. Common in North 

 America, whence it migrates in winter to Central America, 

 the West Indies, and Brazil. 



Tringa subarquata. Cuelew Sandpiper. 



Scolopax subarquata, v4. /. Guldenstddt, Novi Com- 

 ment. Acad. Petropol. xix. p. 471 (1774). 



Tringa subarquata, Naum. vii. p. 408, xiii. p. 234; Macg. 



iv. p. 215; Gi-ay, p. 169; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 47; id. 



ed. 3, iii. p. 50 ; Hartivg, p. 48 ; Dresser, viii. p. 59. 

 Ancylocheilus subarquata, Gould, iv. pi. 68. 

 The CurleM' Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 625. 



Subarquata = a little like a Curlew, Arqudta. 



Not uncommon on the shores of Great Britain in spring 

 and autumn. Widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa. Breeding- quarters not certainly known. 



